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Posted: 4/21/2015 1:47:04 PM EDT
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Here's my first AR/AR build.
Polymer80 80% lower PSA LPK Ares Armor Ergo Griip Ares Armor BCG Enfield Rifle Co 16in Barrel with 1in7 twist, CMV KAC BUIS Ares Armor Blem Upper BCM Gunfighter large latch CH CA Compliant 
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If you've got a ghetto build, post it up. EDIT: Added last 3 photos |
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Hey it looks good to me if that is what you have to contend with in Commiefuckafornia! Have you thought about a set of EZ Pull takedown and pivot pins. Might make it a little easier to pop the upper in order to refill the mag??
As to poly lowers. IMHO it is a manufactured BS argument. If you are using a lower in a manner that is likely to break it off at the buffer tube, don't fucking be surprised when it does. And that applies to aluminum lowers as well. I've been shooting ARs for 30 years and have never broken a lower. I will readily accept that there are/were some lowers made that likely were substandard and did break IN NORMAL USE. I have never seen one like that in my life. Again, 90% of all shooters will never put enough use on their guns to break anything in/on it. If the poly lowers were such shit, we would be seeing a lot of them being returned. We aren't. Funny to me how people love poly lower pistols (me included, 2 Kahrs) but refuse to accept poly lowers for ARs ( I have one as well). Shoot the shit out of that poly lower and enjoy it 
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I was honestly expecting something much worse based on your title. Much dissapoint 
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I was honestly expecting something much worse based on your title. Much dissapoint
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That BCM gunfighter charging handle is wayyy too bourgeois for a cheap ass ghetto build. I too am of much disappoint. Honestly, I needed a CH asap and the only thing the local stores had were the BCMs lol. I know they throw it off :/ Again, sorry. Will it make it better if I scrawl a poorly drawn zombie on the side in bright green paint? |
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Hey it looks good to me if that is what you have to contend with in Commiefuckafornia! Have you thought about a set of EZ Pull takedown and pivot pins. Might make it a little easier to pop the upper in order to refill the mag?? As to poly lowers. IMHO it is a manufactured BS argument. If you are using a lower in a manner that is likely to break it off at the buffer tube, don't fucking be surprised when it does. And that applies to aluminum lowers as well. I've been shooting ARs for 30 years and have never broken a lower. I will readily accept that there are/were some lowers made that likely were substandard and did break IN NORMAL USE. I have never seen one like that in my life. Again, 90% of all shooters will never put enough use on their guns to break anything in/on it. If the poly lowers were such shit, we would be seeing a lot of them being returned. We aren't. Funny to me how people love poly lower pistols (me included, 2 Kahrs) but refuse to accept poly lowers for ARs ( I have one as well). Shoot the shit out of that poly lower and enjoy it Thanks! I appreciate the sentiment. ETA: As for your question at the beginning, I picked up a few of these: 
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Hey it looks good to me if that is what you have to contend with in Commiefuckafornia! Have you thought about a set of EZ Pull takedown and pivot pins. Might make it a little easier to pop the upper in order to refill the mag?? As to poly lowers. IMHO it is a manufactured BS argument. If you are using a lower in a manner that is likely to break it off at the buffer tube, don't fucking be surprised when it does. And that applies to aluminum lowers as well. I've been shooting ARs for 30 years and have never broken a lower. I will readily accept that there are/were some lowers made that likely were substandard and did break IN NORMAL USE. I have never seen one like that in my life. Again, 90% of all shooters will never put enough use on their guns to break anything in/on it. If the poly lowers were such shit, we would be seeing a lot of them being returned. We aren't. Funny to me how people love poly lower pistols (me included, 2 Kahrs) but refuse to accept poly lowers for ARs ( I have one as well). Shoot the shit out of that poly lower and enjoy it I agree 100% with this statement. |
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Not bad for a ghetto build. How much you have invested if you don't mind sharing? Shit, I've lost count. Lemme do some math lol. Just under $550 (minus tax+shipping) if my calculations/memory are correct. I've had a bunch of the parts waiting on completing a lower for over a year now, and I decided to complete a polymer 80 real quick just to get it up and running. The plus side is that I can swing by Ares Armor on my way home from work, so that cut down on overall shipping. |
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If you've got a ghetto build, post it up. I don't know that I'd call mine ghetto, but I definitely did it on the cheap: 
Ares poly 80% lower-free (ish; a friend of mine gave it to me for helping him out with other stuff) Aero precision LW upper-$40 DSA BCG & CH: $89 shipped PSA Blackhak LBK W/O FCG: $88 shipped CMMG FCG-free (another friend I helped out) M4 barrel and gas tube-$115 shipped from JSE Cheapie flip up sights-$16 on ebay FF 10" keymod handguard-$60 ebay cheapie Aluminum GB-$8 shipped on eBay Hogue grip: $21 shipped on eBay Trijicon MS-04-free (yet another friend I've lent a hand to many times) 6/4 ELI Ti muzzle brake-$6 in materials, I made it 6061-T6511 RE nut-free, made it 7075-T6 selector-free, made it 7075-T6 mount for MS-04 RDS-free, made it Also lightened the upper, the bolt carrier and the barrel. unloaded weight with sights and RDS: 4.87 lbs my out -of-pocket expenditure: $443 |
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I don't know that I'd call mine ghetto, but I definitely did it on the cheap: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/Hunter2506/Machining%20projects/IMG_1419_zpsegzxlkkf.jpg Ares poly 80% lower-free (ish; a friend of mine gave it to me for helping him out with other stuff) Aero precision LW upper-$40 DSA BCG & CH: $89 shipped PSA Blackhak LBK W/O FCG: $88 shipped CMMG FCG-free (another friend I helped out) M4 barrel and gas tube-$115 shipped from JSE Cheapie flip up sights-$16 on ebay FF 10" keymod handguard-$60 ebay cheapie Aluminum GB-$8 shipped on eBay Hogue grip: $21 shipped on eBay Trijicon MS-04-free (yet another friend I've lent a hand to many times) 6/4 ELI Ti muzzle brake-$6 in materials, I made it 6061-T6511 RE nut-free, made it 7075-T6 selector-free, made it 7075-T6 mount for MS-04 RDS-free, made it Also lightened the upper, the bolt carrier and the barrel. unloaded weight with sights and RDS: 4.87 lbs my out -of-pocket expenditure: $443 Quoted:
If you've got a ghetto build, post it up. I don't know that I'd call mine ghetto, but I definitely did it on the cheap: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/Hunter2506/Machining%20projects/IMG_1419_zpsegzxlkkf.jpg Ares poly 80% lower-free (ish; a friend of mine gave it to me for helping him out with other stuff) Aero precision LW upper-$40 DSA BCG & CH: $89 shipped PSA Blackhak LBK W/O FCG: $88 shipped CMMG FCG-free (another friend I helped out) M4 barrel and gas tube-$115 shipped from JSE Cheapie flip up sights-$16 on ebay FF 10" keymod handguard-$60 ebay cheapie Aluminum GB-$8 shipped on eBay Hogue grip: $21 shipped on eBay Trijicon MS-04-free (yet another friend I've lent a hand to many times) 6/4 ELI Ti muzzle brake-$6 in materials, I made it 6061-T6511 RE nut-free, made it 7075-T6 selector-free, made it 7075-T6 mount for MS-04 RDS-free, made it Also lightened the upper, the bolt carrier and the barrel. unloaded weight with sights and RDS: 4.87 lbs my out -of-pocket expenditure: $443 Bonus points for blackhawk gear. Pretty dope that you made some of your own parts. |
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I picked up a cheap complete .300 Blk upper at a gun show for only $275
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Paintballer: I'm too old for this stuff boys, haven't even finished my first build and am wanting to start another, any way, what hand guard is that? Patrick I know it's not the same one, but it's similar: 
Hogue makes a free float tube for ~$80 in rifle and carbine length. Paintballer's hand guard seems to be full aluminum, and Hogue's is overmolded with rubber. |
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Paintballer: I'm too old for this stuff boys, haven't even finished my first build and am wanting to start another, any way, what hand guard is that? Patrick I bought it at a gun show one of those cash on the spot type of things. I don't know who made the handguard, as cheap as it is I wouldn't be surprised if it was UTG junk. It shoots that is all I was wanting, it is a back-up deer hunting gun/truck gun if the high power law goes through here in IN.
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Fired it for the first time this weekend, nothing exploded that wasn't supposed to explode. Had ejection problems after the first 50 rounds. Needs some tuning, obviously. Honestly, I'm just glad it didn't blow up in my face. I completely assembled the upper myself because I was too cheap to buy complete or take to a gunsmith. |
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I'm gonna suggest that if it didn't start with a free A2 grip from the pay it forward thread it's not CAG. Bespoke furniture? 3Gun charging handle?
Start over and do it again right. 
Let me know and I will send you the grip free. So will about 100 other guys. Better yet, post your address and see what happens. 
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I'm gonna suggest that if it didn't start with a free A2 grip from the pay it forward thread it's not CAG. Bespoke furniture? 3Gun charging handle? Start over and do it again right.
Let me know and I will send you the grip free. So will about 100 other guys. Better yet, post your address and see what happens. Lol I have 3 of them from other people's LPKs that upgraded to different grips. Ares Armor just had a sale for ergo grips half off... |
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Hey it looks good to me if that is what you have to contend with in Commiefuckafornia! Have you thought about a set of EZ Pull takedown and pivot pins. Might make it a little easier to pop the upper in order to refill the mag?? As to poly lowers. IMHO it is a manufactured BS argument. If you are using a lower in a manner that is likely to break it off at the buffer tube, don't fucking be surprised when it does. And that applies to aluminum lowers as well. I've been shooting ARs for 30 years and have never broken a lower. I will readily accept that there are/were some lowers made that likely were substandard and did break IN NORMAL USE. I have never seen one like that in my life. Again, 90% of all shooters will never put enough use on their guns to break anything in/on it. If the poly lowers were such shit, we would be seeing a lot of them being returned. We aren't. Funny to me how people love poly lower pistols (me included, 2 Kahrs) but refuse to accept poly lowers for ARs ( I have one as well). Shoot the shit out of that poly lower and enjoy it Thanks! I appreciate the sentiment. ETA: As for your question at the beginning, I picked up a few of these: http://siterepository.s3.amazonaws.com/2675/1000x62733333333333_10dhrpjpg.jpg What are those buttons on your Ranger Plates? I have several dozen in black and Green, never saw this before..... |
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Glad to see that it worked! Thanks! I'll have to bring it out next time we drive back. Quoted:
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Hey it looks good to me if that is what you have to contend with in Commiefuckafornia! Have you thought about a set of EZ Pull takedown and pivot pins. Might make it a little easier to pop the upper in order to refill the mag?? As to poly lowers. IMHO it is a manufactured BS argument. If you are using a lower in a manner that is likely to break it off at the buffer tube, don't fucking be surprised when it does. And that applies to aluminum lowers as well. I've been shooting ARs for 30 years and have never broken a lower. I will readily accept that there are/were some lowers made that likely were substandard and did break IN NORMAL USE. I have never seen one like that in my life. Again, 90% of all shooters will never put enough use on their guns to break anything in/on it. If the poly lowers were such shit, we would be seeing a lot of them being returned. We aren't. Funny to me how people love poly lower pistols (me included, 2 Kahrs) but refuse to accept poly lowers for ARs ( I have one as well). Shoot the shit out of that poly lower and enjoy it Thanks! I appreciate the sentiment. ETA: As for your question at the beginning, I picked up a few of these: http://siterepository.s3.amazonaws.com/2675/1000x62733333333333_10dhrpjpg.jpg What are those buttons on your Ranger Plates? I have several dozen in black and Green, never saw this before..... They're regular ranger plates with a peg added by Thorsden Customs. They're for actuating the bullet button because I live in a nanny state... |
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Hey it looks good to me if that is what you have to contend with in Commiefuckafornia! Have you thought about a set of EZ Pull takedown and pivot pins. Might make it a little easier to pop the upper in order to refill the mag?? As to poly lowers. IMHO it is a manufactured BS argument. If you are using a lower in a manner that is likely to break it off at the buffer tube, don't fucking be surprised when it does. And that applies to aluminum lowers as well. I've been shooting ARs for 30 years and have never broken a lower. I will readily accept that there are/were some lowers made that likely were substandard and did break IN NORMAL USE. I have never seen one like that in my life. Again, 90% of all shooters will never put enough use on their guns to break anything in/on it. If the poly lowers were such shit, we would be seeing a lot of them being returned. We aren't. Funny to me how people love poly lower pistols (me included, 2 Kahrs) but refuse to accept poly lowers for ARs ( I have one as well). Shoot the shit out of that poly lower and enjoy it you don't have to open the rifle to load the magazine knucklehead. |
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you don't have to open the rifle to load the magazine knucklehead. Quoted:
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Hey it looks good to me if that is what you have to contend with in Commiefuckafornia! Have you thought about a set of EZ Pull takedown and pivot pins. Might make it a little easier to pop the upper in order to refill the mag?? As to poly lowers. IMHO it is a manufactured BS argument. If you are using a lower in a manner that is likely to break it off at the buffer tube, don't fucking be surprised when it does. And that applies to aluminum lowers as well. I've been shooting ARs for 30 years and have never broken a lower. I will readily accept that there are/were some lowers made that likely were substandard and did break IN NORMAL USE. I have never seen one like that in my life. Again, 90% of all shooters will never put enough use on their guns to break anything in/on it. If the poly lowers were such shit, we would be seeing a lot of them being returned. We aren't. Funny to me how people love poly lower pistols (me included, 2 Kahrs) but refuse to accept poly lowers for ARs ( I have one as well). Shoot the shit out of that poly lower and enjoy it you don't have to open the rifle to load the magazine knucklehead. Easy there, killer. |
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http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/maxfubar54/B83C58CD-776A-414C-B66C-DAA0182D49DA_zpsc6of9mqi.jpg I did the same thing with a Polymer80 lower and a bunch of take-offs plus an ATI barrel assembly that a guy I know bubba'd pretty good. Got maybe $350 in the whole rifle. NOTE: 40-round PMAG added for additional freedom afforded by the great state of Texas. Nice! Is that a 16" or a 18" barrel? Looks a little long... |
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Nice! Is that a 16" or a 18" barrel? Looks a little long... Quoted:
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http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/maxfubar54/B83C58CD-776A-414C-B66C-DAA0182D49DA_zpsc6of9mqi.jpg I did the same thing with a Polymer80 lower and a bunch of take-offs plus an ATI barrel assembly that a guy I know bubba'd pretty good. Got maybe $350 in the whole rifle. NOTE: 40-round PMAG added for additional freedom afforded by the great state of Texas. Nice! Is that a 16" or a 18" barrel? Looks a little long... 16", the muzzle brake is pretty gnarly. $16 Amazon special that made the muzzle brake shootout from The Truth About Guns. |
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